A PERVERT who exposed himself to women at a Guildford beauty spot has been jailed for two weeks for breaching a sexual offences prevention order (SOPO).

Herbert Boothroyd was spotted wandering around a communal garden in the nude just weeks after a judge warned him not to strip off in public.

On March 30, he was given a 12-week suspended prison sentence at Guildford Crown Court for exposure and possession of a bladed article.

He had been found naked in bushes at the Blue Lake nature reserve in Burpham with a torch up his bottom and a lock-handle knife in his clothes on May 31 last year.

On Monday, Boothroyd returned to court following his latest offence, which happened on April 23 in the communal gardens of his sheltered accommodation in south west London.

Prosecutor Abigail Husbands said the self-proclaimed naturist was spotted in the gardens by a fellow tenant at about 7am on the day in question.

“Her French windows look out to the communal gardens,” Miss Husbands said.

“When she woke up, she opened the French windows, looked out into her garden and there she saw the defendant wandering around naked.

“He was naked apart from his knee straps and shoes. She said he was there for about 10 minutes.”

The neighbour was said to be distressed by the sight of the naked 62-year-old. Her husband contacted the sheltered housing supervisor, who called the police.

Boothroyd, of Ormerley Road, Wandsworth, was arrested one week later and when questioned by police said he had been very hot and sweaty before deciding to wander nude in the garden, the court heard.

In doing so, he breached a SOPO banning him from being naked in public places.

Nabeel Osman, defending, said: “He did show immediate regret and, to some extent, showed remorse when he was arrested. At the earliest opportunity he admitted that breach and entered a guilty plea to it.”

Judge Neil Stewart, who handed down Boothroyd’s original sentence and order, sentenced him to serve two weeks in prison.

“There was, as you will remember, discussion about the terms of such an order,” the judge said. “I decided it should be in words that were clearly understandable that could have not been more obvious.”

Judge Stewart described the latest offence as a deliberate breach of the order.

“Your fellow residents are of a similar age to you,” he told Boothroyd. “They are sheltered housing tenants and you stated to your probation officer that they should find your behaviour amusing because you find it so.”